History Cafe: Decoding Art in Seattle's Public Spaces

Walk down any Seattle street, turn the corner, and you're likely to discover art enhancing the city's parks, plazas, and waterfront piers. From cedar totem poles to high-tech video installtions, the downtown area alone has more than 350 works of art for all to enjoy.

How did Seattle amass such a vast collection? What does it tell us about our city?

Join Jim Rupp, author or Art in Seattle's Public Sapces: From SoDo to South Lake Union, as he weaves through over 100 years of urban art collecting.